Intimidating middleweight force Janibek Alimkhanuly defended his IBF title with a violent ninth-round stoppage of Andrei Mikhailovich in Sydney. The Sporting News provided undercard results and a full report on a main event.

Janibek Alimkhanuly retained his IBF and WBO middleweight titles with a ninth-round knockout of Andrei Mikhailovich at The Star in Sydney, Australia on Friday night, but the victory came with a lesson. Don’t play with your food.

Janibek Alimkhanuly retained his IBF middleweight title by stopping Andrei Mikhailovich in nine rounds, but questions regarding his future at 160lbs will persist

Ahead of the biggest fight of his career, Andrei Mikhailovich is the calm before the storm. A far cry from his loud and brash nature as one of New Zealand boxing’s top talkers,

Intimidating middleweight force Janibek Alimkhanuly defends his IBF title against the undefeated Andrei Mikhailovich in Sydney. The Sporting News will provide undercard results and a full report on a main event that is dripping with bad blood.

In a stunning fight day development, the WBO has ordered middleweight world champion Janibek Alimkhanuly to defend the sanctioning body’s 160-pound title against New Zealand’s Andrei Mikhailovich.